Previous postings for March 19th may be found here: Max Reger (2019), Josef Matthias Hauer (2020), Robert McFerrin Sr.; Max Reger (2021), Max Reger (2022), Max Reger (2023), Max Reger (2024), and Max Reger (2025)
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Leonhard von Call (19 March 1767 – 19 February 1815), sometimes referred to as "Leonhard de Call", was an Austrian composer and virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar.
Stepping Into the Breach
A virtuoso, he wrote not for other virtuosos but for the people he was teaching or amateurs, and today it is felt by some musicians that his works "made no great technical demands". – Wikipedia
The repertoire for mandolin
Has always been a trifle thin.
Von Call, who recognized this gap,
Was also an obliging chap,
And wrote a bunch of easy rep
To help with the initial prep
Of amateurs and young beginners
Who pined to shine as mandolinners.
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You say Mandolin, I Say Mandoline
When looking up the mandoline,
The spelling is the key;
The instrument for slicing thin
Is written with an "e".
The instrument for serenades
As played by Herr von Call,
Has neither "e" nor fatal blades, —
It's safer, overall.
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